Ohio officials warn seniors of rising scam threats during Older Americans Month

Scams targeting older adults in Jessamine County

Last week, over just two days, a handful of Jessamine County residents were scammed out of $60,000 that they can’t get back.  Jessamine County Sheriff’s Department Detective Matthew Lyttle said that one of these recent victims received a pop-up window on his computer that said, “Click this link. You have malware on the computer.” He clicked the link and ended up sending $25,000 in bitcoin to “fix” the issue, or so the victim believed.   Computer…

Recruitment scam not great at knowing its target | Scam of the Week

CHICO — A few weeks back, Butte County resident Jackie Stephens was contacted via email by a tech recruiter hoping to hire her to work at Amazon remotely. It might have sounded like a great opportunity, but there was a small problem: Jackie is 76 and well into retirement. So Jackie, probably amused by this strange interaction, calls your very own weekly scam writer and gives me the details to look into it. Sure enough its another recruitment sca…

Ohio officials warn seniors of rising scam threats during Older Americans Month

During Older Americans Month, the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions is calling attention to the growing issue of scams targeting older Ohioans.